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  • Triumph IR ‘Ricardo’

    Triumph IR ‘Ricardo’

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    When Triumph decided its range needed expanding and an overhead valve model should be added, the firm decided on awarding the task to an ‘outside’ consultant, Harry Ricardo…

  • BSA C10L

    BSA C10L

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    Once dismissed as ‘grey porridge’ and often heaved onto the scrap man’s wagon, this BSA C10L – so representative of an era – is now a rarity. And that’s a real shame…

  • Kawasaki 750H2B Mach IV

    Kawasaki 750H2B Mach IV

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    Kawasaki’s blisteringly fast two stroke 750 triple lit the tarmac when launched in 1972. It was the ultimate white knuckle ride…

  • Moto Guzzi Museum

    Moto Guzzi Museum

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    The Moto Guzzi Museum, at the firm’s factory in Mandello del Lario, charts the famous firm’s history, with a stunning collection of machines, from familiar models to one-off oddities…

  • Indian Standard

    Indian Standard

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    Mark Williams has built this Indian Standard virtually from scratch, at his home near Hobart

  • Ariel KH

    Ariel KH

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    The Ariel KH perhaps lacked the glamour of some of the other 500cc twins available in the 1950s, but it had a lot going for it…

  • Triumph TR6SC

    Triumph TR6SC

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    The TR6SC was ostensibly a single carb version of the TT Bonnie, sharing many of its basic components…

  • BMW singles

    BMW singles

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    To most classic enthusiasts the hallowed name of BMW is associated with bikes having two cylinders sticking out sideways. Rod Ker puts a different point of view

  • Velocette singles

    Velocette singles

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    The keys to a successful marriage may be hanging in the garage, judging by the longevity of this Velocette-inspired union between two kindred spirits

  • Norton ES2 and Matchless G3

    Norton ES2 and Matchless G3

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    By the mid-1960s the once-great independent Matchless and Norton concerns had been amalgamated, and the two firms – once great rivals – were now producing identical-bar-the-badge machines


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